Christmas etc

People over here don't seem to care about Christmas as much as everyone does back home. We only heard two Christmas songs over the festive period, only saw one Christmas tree and never saw any shops which were especially busy. There was no atmosphere about the place like you get back in Scotland where you can't leave your house without hearing or seeing something Christmas related.

We went out on Christams Eve to a couple of bars but as usual it wasn't worth the money we spent.

Christmas Day was spent on Bondi beach which was absolutely heaving. Many people were wearing santa hats with their swimwear. I guarantee they were all British.

We had our Christmas dinner in a restaurant in Bondi. It was steaks for Swag and Mac. I decided to have a chicken burger as i felt that poultry was slightly more festive.

We had our real Chrismas dinner on Boxing day when we roasted a turkey joint with bacon and roasted a large tray of potatoes too. It was quality.

Earlier in the day we'd taken a walk across the Harbour bridge and climbed the south-east pylon to get a good view of the Opera house and Circular Quay. We'd been on planning on watching the start of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race but we knew neither when it started or exactly where the yachts started from.